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❓ Mr Masters requests a detailed breakdown of the $144 million claimed to be spent annually on natural resource management by WA Government agencies. The Minister provides a breakdown by department and acknowledges the figure is conservative.

AnsweredQoN 1758Legislative Assembly

Asked

15 May 2002

Member

Mr Masters

Portfolio

the Environment and Heritage

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I refer to the Minister’s answer to the Member for Merredin’s question without notice on 8 May 2002 and request a detailed breakdown of the $144 million claimed to be spent annually on natural resource management (NRM) by Government agencies in Western Australia.

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Answered

26 June 2002

Responded by

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

Response time

42 days

The expenditure figure is comprised of $74 million by the Department of Conservation and Land Management, $37 million by the Water and Rivers Commission and $33 million by the Department of Agriculture. I appreciate this is only an indicative figure and could be considered to be conservative as it does not include specific natural resource management activities also undertaken by other government agencies including the Department of Environmental Protection, the Forest Products Commission, the Department of Fisheries, the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, the Department of Land Administration, and the Department for Planning and Infrastructure.
I appreciate this is only an indicative figure and could be considered to be conservative as it does not include specific natural resource management activities also undertaken by other government agencies including the Department of Environmental Protection, the Forest Products Commission, the Department of Fisheries, the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, the Department of Land Administration, and the Department for Planning and Infrastructure.

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